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Race & Ethnicity

Panich52

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12. The only real variable is that racism is deep seated in ancient tribalism -- xenophobia

Reply to the_sly_pig (Reply #9)

Mon Mar 16, 2015, 06:43 PM

Mar 2015

The only 'cure' is to keep promoting the distructive nature of this trait until we've overcome it.

Of course, some will never succumb to reason. They're the ones that use their racism as an excuse to continue their ravings against percieved injustices because they need a scapegoat for their own failings.

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Read the fucking article. cyberswede Mar 2015 #2

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Nothing says "Superior Race" like repeatedly trolling DU on a Saturday Night. arcane1 Mar 2015 #4

LOL! cyberswede Mar 2015 #5

"I hate black people so much, I'm going to spend my weekend looking at pictures of them!" arcane1 Mar 2015 #8

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I didn't find the article helpful. the_sly_pig Mar 2015 #9

The only real variable is that racism is deep seated in ancient tribalism -- xenophobia Panich52 Mar 2015 #12

You can always tell when you're on the right track here at DU Warpy Mar 2015 #10

Don't know if I'm happy or not I didn't check back soon enough to see the zapped replies... Panich52 Mar 2015 #11